Death in the Sunshine
Selected by the Bookshop
Fond as we are of murder mysteries that take place on snowbound winter nights, we’re forced to admit that crimes aren’t seasonally adjusted, and can just as easily take place on a sunny August afternoon. Here are some examples from our shelves.
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One family’s skeletons emerge on a 1950s seaside summer holiday in this classic mystery from ‘Britain’s Patricia Highsmith’ and ‘the grandmother of psycho-domestic noir’ (Sunday Times)‘Laughter…
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Murder never takes a breakAs the days get longer, escape your troubles and take a trip to the desperately hot towns where nightfall lingers and a sun-drenched picnic can end in panic. No matter how murderously high the temperatures rise,…
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‘Spellbinding’ Ian Rankin‘A riveting murder mystery and a beautifully wrought picture of a rural community under extreme pressure’ Mail on Sunday Thriller of the Week‘Packed with sneaky moves and…
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From a golf course at the English seaside to a pension in Paris, and from a Swiss mountain resort to the cliffs of Normandy, this selection shows the enjoyable and unexpected ways in which crime writers have used summer holidays…
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A Death in Summer is the fourth entry in the Quirke Mysteries, an enthralling literary crime series set in 1950s Dublin from John Banville, writing as Benjamin Black. Now major TV series: Quirke, starring Gabriel Byrne and Michael…
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However far you travel, trouble has a way of finding you out ...The summer holidays are a chance to escape from it all, to shrug off the troubles and cares of everyday life, and lounge on warm sands or sip a cool drink in the shade of a…
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The eighth book in Dorothy L Sayers' classic Lord Peter Wimsey series, introduced by bestselling thriller writer Lee Child - a must-read for fans of Agatha Christie's Poirot and Margery Allingham's Campion Mysteries. 'D. L. Sayers is one of…
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Take the holiday of a lifetime with history's greatest mystery writersIt's the height of summer. As the heat shimmers on the streets and ice cream melts onto sticky fingers, tempers begin to rise and old grudges surface. From Cornish…
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All wish her deadWho succeeded?Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.With…
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This summer holiday vintage crime classic exploring the mystery of a buried Cornish hotel invites us to solve the puzzle as detectives: perfect for fans of Celia Fremlin’s Uncle Paul, Agatha Christie, or Richard Osman…
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Murder never takes a holidayA rock pool with a deadly secret. A bank holiday heatwave dominated by the murder of an unknown man.A sun-drenched picnic that ends in a sinister locked-room mystery. And an Adriatic holiday interrupted by a…
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